Random float number generation

Question

How do I generate random floats in C++?

I thought I could take the integer rand and divide it by something, would that be adequate enough?

Answer 1

Call the code with two float values, the code works in any range.

float rand_FloatRange(float a, float b)
{
    return ((b - a) * ((float)rand() / RAND_MAX)) + a;
}